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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bounce \Bounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bounced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bouncing}.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce,
bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden
noise; a knock loudly.

Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.

Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
--Dryden.

2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound;
as, she bounced into the room.

Out bounced the mastiff. --Swift.

Bounced off his arm+chair. --Thackeray.

3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]

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